The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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